ZEST 15

ZEST 2K15 was the urge to learn something new and be innovative. Keeping this thing in mind we the students of the Google Student Club and IEEE Computer Society organized a five-day event and workshop.
This is a short Video what is it all about :) :)
Day 1: UX-Design by Mr. Ajanthan Mani an Ex-Google employee and the current Director of the Design at Getting Clarity, Singapore. Information was given to student about the design techniques which should be used in nowadays software. Later students were given with a problem statement for which they have to develop a design for an app.
∙ Day 2: Cloud Computing by Mr. Varun (Cloud Developer) & Mr. Vishwesh (game developer) at Script, Chennai. Participants were given the basic idea about Cloud Computing, how they can create their own cloud, where Cloud Computing can be implemented. It was a very informative session.
∙ Day 3: AdClasses & Digital Marketing by Mr. Prashant Kumar Pandey (GSA, Sathyabama). How online marketing can be incorporated in this digital era was explained to the participants. They were taught how to use AdWords in an efficient manner and how they can make use of AdSense in their own online space.
∙ Day 4: Design Sprint by Mr. Shekhar D. Pathak(Secretary at IEEE CS, Sathyabama & Event Manager at Google Student Club, Sathyabama). at day 4, a design sprint was conducted
to explain how we can develop an app rapidly. Participants were given two problem
statements (Online Marketing app & Travel Booking app) for which they have to develop an app and explain to the judges. Participants shelled out many new and innovative ideas on the problem they chose. But sadly we can choose only best 3 apps out of 17 proposed.
∙ Day 5: Online Certification & Quiz by Mr. Navdeep Singh (Chairman at IEEE CS, Sathyabama) and Mr. Gaurav Mishra (Technical Head at IEEE CS, Sathyabama & GoogleStudent Club, Sathyabama). Day 5 was divided into two halves. In the first half, a Quiz on Google was conducted for all the participants divided into teams. In the first round of quiz, 5 teams were selected for the other two rounds. The other two rounds were played with the selected teams. At the end of round 3, top 3 teams with maximum marks were awarded. In the other half of the day, all participants gave the Google Basics exam (online certification).